Lawmakers agreed to provide up to $25 million in the budget to cover the cost of existing dropout charter schools and those about to be launched at the same funding rate they received before, but they won't allow dropout charters to tap money reserved for K-12 funding.

Senate Appropriations chairman Luke Kenley said lawmakers support what the schools are doing but that their growth creates a "huge funding issue" in coming years.

Many of the schools are run by Goodwill Industries and Christel House. Goodwill estimates that more than 400,000 Indiana adults lack high school diplomas.

An Iranian military observation aircraft flew within 50 yards of an armed U.S. Navy helicopter over the Persian Gulf this month, sparking concern that top Iranian commanders might not be in full control of local forces, CNN has learned.